Official Baptism at Bull Run Kick-off Event

The official Baptism at Bull Run (BaBR) Kick-off Event, held during August & September 2008 was a success!

Each participant of the BaBR Kick-off Event was partnered with an opponent to play an introductory or learning game of Baptism at Bull Run. All games played during the kick-off event were played remotely via CyberBoard and were a series of friendly matches only (i.e., no scores or rankings were recorded following the conclusion of these introductory games). Once match partners were paired up, they choose sides: either the Union or the Confederacy. All introductory games were played using the standard rules of the game—no optional rules—in a manner and speed of the match players' choosing.

The match assignments for the official Baptism at Bull Run (BaBR) Kick-off Event, which began on Monday, August 4, 2008, were as follows:

Match

Union

Confederate

A

Greg Kniaz

László Á. Koller

B

Rich Wright

Forest Cole

C

Paul Schwartz

Andy Osterlund

D

Scott Henshaw

Barry Roy

E

Mike Pacheco

Will Green

F

Marshall Pelot

Kevin Warrender

G

G. Haggerty

Jeff Dieterle

H

Steven Pleva

Brian R. Mullin

I

G. Haggerty

J. R. Jarvinen

A number of follow-up games were played after the initial matches were completed by the participants.

Pencil & Wash Drawing: "Colonel Burnside's brigade, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-first New York regiments, with their artillery, attacking the rebel batteries at Bull Run.", by Alfred R. Waud (1861).